Combined coaster and rocker.



G. P. STEINBACH.

COMBINED COASTER AND ROCKER.

APPLlcATloN FILED FEB. 16. |911.

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Speemoation of Letters Batent.

Application led February le; 1917. Serial No. 1e9,082.

To all 'whom t may camera.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE P. STEINBAOH, a citizen of the United States,residi at Baltimore, in` the State of Maryland, ave

5 invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Coasters and-Rockers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates-to a oom-` bined coaster 'and rocker forchildren, and 10 the rimary object of the invention is to pro uce adevice of this class which shall be simple in construction and easilyand quickly converted from a wheeled toy into A a rockin gltoy f A. furter object of the invention 1s to f produce a toy of this character'having wheels or rollers upon the ends of the legs thereof and rockermembersI hingedly sethe rollers, and whereby the said rockers in thelatter position will serve as a rest for the feet of the operator of theto It is a still further object o the invention to produce a figure toyconstructed Ito simulate the general outline of a horse andwhich f toshamaybe readily converted from a coaster to a rocker, or vice versa, thefigure being pro- .vidd with audible means for lattracting attentionthereto when in motion, to amuse the child as well as with a tail whichis inuenced by a weight to impart an oscillatory movement thereto andserve as, a further attraction to the general construction.

It is a still further object of the invention rdduce a device of thischaracter which be of a simple construction, cheap to manufacture, butthoroughly` eiclent 1n operation. o

` With the above and other obJects 1n v lew the improvement resides inthe constructlon, combination and'arrangement of parts set forth in thefollowing specication and fallin withinthe scope of the appended clalms.

n the rawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating' the improvement,

Fig. 2 is a-front elevation of the same,-

Fig. 3 is a similarvview butillustrating the rockers in their elevatedposition andlocked in such position Vto convert the same into -a footrest,

. Fig. 4. is a front elevation of a .slight modification of the meansfor retainin the rockers in their elevated positions, an

Fig. 5 is adetail longitudinal sectional view upon .an enlarged scale,through the rear of theto v or platform of the toy and illustrating t earrangement of the tail.l

thereon.

rEhe improvement has the general characteristics of that class of toysknown as kiddie toys, comprising 'a main body or latform 1- which hasits sides inturne to readily accommodate the legs of the child. Upon theplatform 1 is centrally secured the neck ortion of the device, the saidneck 2 beingormed with the head portion 3, and pivotally secured toeither the neck or the underface of the head 3 isa bell 4. The .bellis-desirable inasmuchas it adds to the attraction .of a child using thetoy and the device is provided with the usual reins 5 which are graspedby the childl to stead himself upon the body or seat 1. lf desired: andas illustrated in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings, the vcentralportion of thefiatv latform 1 may be provided with a sadd e and the sides of thesaddle may project below the referred to central reduced portion of thebody or Exten ing longitudinally upon the underface of the platform andsecured thereto in any desired or preferred vmanner istJ cleat 6, thesides of said cleat bein beveled from the outer to the inner face o thecleat, and secured tothe said beveled sides of the cleat are the legmembers 7' of the toy. The leg members are, of course, shaped to conform-to the general contour of the animal which the toy is designed torepresent, and the ends of. each-of sald legs has pivotally arrangedthereon rollernor wheel members 8-8.l

' The legs 7 comprise fiat members and have hingedl secured thereto, asat 9, upon their inner aces and adjacent their outr ends, the angularupper ends of the rocker length greater than the fdistance between thelegs u on the sides of the toy, and the beveled e ges provided upon thesaid ends,v and indicated by the Lcharacters 11, are designed tocontactwith the inner angular surfaces of the legs whereby to sustain themembers 10 horizontal with respect to the toy, when the same are intheir elevated position. The rockers 10 have their underfaces curved,and preferably the said rockers have their upper edges between thereferred to beveled or inclined portions 11 utarcuately, as at 12.

The means for retaining the` rockers 10-10 in their lowered position, asillustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, or in theirelevatedlposition,l as indicated; in Fig. 3 of thedrawing, comprises apair of links 13 and 14 respectively which are p-ivotally connected, asat 15, and which have their ends pivotally secured, as at 16, to osetmembers or lugs 17 provided upon the inner faces of the rockers 10. rlhelink'lll which? laps orisarranged adjacent the side of the link 13 for aconsiderable distance beyond the pivot 15 is formed with an odset member18 that engages with the upper edge of the link 13 to hold both thelinks 13 and 14 in alinement either when the rockers are positionedbelowv the rollers, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2; or

when the rockers are swung to a horizontal position asindicated in Fig.3 of the drawing. 'Whenthe rockers a fe in their last mentioned positionthe joint between the links cannot .be broken unless the said links `areswung in an upward position, so it will be noted when the rockers arearranged horizontally they will aord a firm rest for the feet of thechild operating the toy, and likewise when the links retain the 'rockersin their lowered position, the joint between the links cannot'be brokenunless the said links are swung in an upward direction.`

The platform 1, centrally anfd at the rear thereof, has its underfacegrooved or' channeled, `as at 20, to receive a transverse pivotmember21, around which is coiled an .eye

y2 2'formed upon a strand of wire 23 that'hae one of its ends weighted,as at 24, tle said wireA 23 normally being sustained .verticallywithirespect tothe toy or at a right angle with respect tothe "body 1.rllhe wire, from Nitsreferred to coil or eye 21 is extended angularlwith respect to the 'f referred to weightec portion, and to this angularend'.

is secured the tailpiece'25 which is ofa length suflicient to beprojected through the,

channel or depression 20 and to be extended a' suitable distance beyondthe rear of the toy.

or raise position isof a slightly diitierent lin Fig. 4 theidevice-issubstantially simi- 'members 29 when the said rockers are vswungoutwardly or 1n rocklng position. 'llo ar,

range the rockers 29 to the position illustrated by the dotted lines ofthe said ligure, the member 27 may be swung longitudinally and centrallyof the body of the device, which permits of the rocker members beingswung upwardly to a horizontal position to provide a foot rest, the saidmember 29'being then a ain turned to its initial position, transverse ybetween the horizontally disposed rockers to su port the same.

From the above escription, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, theimplicity of the device, as well as the advantagesthereofwill it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in theart to which such invention appertains withoutfurther `detaileddescription.

Having thus described the invention, what Y ll claim is 1, A. toy of theclass describedA including \legs, rollers upon the legs, rockershingedly secured to the legs, and means carried by the toy co-'engagingbetween the rockers for retainmg the rockers longitudinallyagainst thelegs and in spread position and for also supporting the rockers whenswung horizontally between the legs to provide a foot support for theoccupant of the toy.

,-2. ln acombined coaster'v and rocker, al

body, le members secured to and de ending angulfar y from the body,rollers pivotally secured to the legs, rocker members arrangedlongitudinallyv of the toy between the legs,

said rockers having their upper ends bevlill@ eled, hinge memberssecured to the beveled edges of the rocker' and connected with the legs,and'mechanism adapted to be disposed between the rockers to retain thesame ina straddled condition and to, permit, ofthe said rockers beingswung horizontally .be- I tween the legs to' cause the beveled-edgesthereof to contact with tlie legs to convert the rockers into. a footrest and to supportv the rockers in such position. l 'A 3. lin'acombined coaster and rocker a y guredesigned to represent a horsehaving' a bell, suspended from the neck thereof, a

tail .pivoted to the rear thereof, an angularly disposed weight forJthetail, rollers upon the legs of the toy, rockers hingedly secured betweenthe legs'thereof and adaptedy when 'l 1,250,045. y v 3 swung in oneposition to be depended ,-belo'w retain the same horizontally withrespect to. the rollers, and mechanism arranged to enlthe toy betweenthe legs thereof to convert gage between the rockers to forcethe-sam thesaid rockers into a. foot rest whenthe 1-0 into -eontaeting relationwith the legs and rockers are swung between the legs'.h

` 5 for retaining the rockers thus spread when In testimony whereof I axmy signature.

the device is Aemployel as a rocker, and said t r f x means adaptedl toco-ct with the rockers toY f GEORGE P.. STEINBACH.

